The Constitution contains an important safeguard that has been ignored for far too long. Mendenhall v. City of Denver is ...

America’s spy programs are complex, but the Fourth Amendment is simple. It says the government cannot collect and search through the private communications of United States citizens without a warrant.

If the court upholds such digital searches without an identified suspect, legal experts say the strategy could expand to pry ...

A convicted felon wants the Justices to bar ‘geofence’ warrants of the kind that let police catch him in Chatrie v. U.S.

Colorado's second-highest court last week upheld Denver's discipline of two officers whose investigation of a domestic ...

The Washington Post America’s spy programs are complex, but the Fourth Amendment is simple. It says the government cannot collect and search through the private communications of United States ...

The US Supreme Court is gearing up to grapple with the extent to which smartphone users surrender their Fourth Amendment rights when they transmit their locations to digital service providers.

Explore how geofence warrants and AI-assisted searches challenge the Fourth Amendment. Can 18th-century privacy laws survive 21st-century digital surveillance?

ScotusCrim is a recurring series by Rory Little focusing on intersections between the Supreme Court and criminal law. It’s always a wonder to me how some of the most important […] The post Last ...

Some justices seemed to advocate for a relatively narrow ruling that would clarify what such warrants require, even if it ...